Washing-machine.



No.y '717,849.-

PATENTED JAN. 6, 1903.4

S. HAYES. WASHING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED PEB. 5. 1902.

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UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE.`

` SANFORD HAYES, OF ELLENSBURG, WASHINGTON.

WASHING-MACHINE.

riEECFIIICA'FION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,849, dated January 6, 1903.

Application led February 5, 1902. Serial No. 92,623. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SANFORD HAYES, a citiv The object of the invention is to provide a` new and improved washing-machine which is simple and durable in construction, very .effective in operation, easily manipulated,

and arranged to insure a constant turning over of the clothes while the machine is in operation to effect a thorough washing of the clothes.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the clothes-box. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the improvement with parts of the framework broken out, and Fig. 4 ,is a sectional plan view of the clothes-box on the line 4: 4 of Fig. 2. I f

The improved washing-in achine is mounted on a suitablyconstructed frame A, having bearings for the trunnions B projecting from the sides of the clothes-box C, provided in its top with an opening D for introducing clothes and water and for removing the clothes from the box after the clothes are washed. The opening D is adapted to be closed by a suitable cover E.' An outletspout F is arranged in the lower ,portion of the box C and is normally closed by a ,suitable stopper, which when removed permits of running the water, suds, and .impurities out of the box.' The latter is preferably made hexagonal in shape and somewhat elongated, as plainly indicated in Fig."2, and on the inside of the two bottom sides of the box are arranged circular ribs O and C2, each having a cross-bar O3, preferably inverted V-shaped in cross-section and formed at or near its middle with apertures C4 for the passage of the water, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2. The ribs C' and C2 serve to turn the clothes over when the box O is rocked, as hereinafter more fully described, and in order to aid in turning the clothes I provide the apertured board O5, extending approximately parallel above the rib O" and projecting centrally from the righthand top side of the box C, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2.

The ends of the box C are connected by u fposition--that-is, with the uppermost and -lowermost sides horizontal-then the rope Gr istaut, While the other rope, Gr', is slack, and when the box C is turned with the lefthand end upward then the spring H is put under tension, and when the box is swung in the opposite direction the spring H returns to its normal position and the rope G becomes slack, while the other rope, G', is drawn taut and finally places the spring H under tension. Thus by oscillating the box C the ssprings H and H' are alternately put under tension, so as to insure an easy return swinging motion of the box, thus requiring but little exertion on the part of the operator to oscillate the box.

The front of the box C is provided on opposite sides of the trunnions B with np- Wardly-extending slotted arms I and I', on

which are adj ustably held the crank-arms J and J by clamping-bolts K., which allow of setting the crank-arms J and J into any desired angle or position to allow the operator to conveniently take hold of the handles J and J', so as to give the desired swinging motion to the box C.'

When it is desired to fill the box C with clothes and Water or to remove the clothes, then the box is locked in a normal position by a bolt L, held to slide transversely on the IOO top of the box and adapted to engage an aperture A on the framework A. The bolt L is provided with a suitable handle L', adapted to be taken hold of by the operator to move the bolt in and out of engagement with the aperture A'. Y

The operation is as follows: When the box C is filled with water, soapsuds, or the like, and the clothes to be washed, then the bolt L is moved outof engagement with the aperture A', and the operator now'takes hold of the crank-arms J and J and imparts an oscillating motion to the box, so that the clothes on the downward swinging of the left-hand side of the box C move over the rib C2, and then when the oscillation of the box is reversed the clothes turn over and move onto the other rib from which the clothes are returned back onto the rib C2 during the next downward oscillation of the left-hand end of the box C. As the Water is thoroughly agitated during the oscillation of the box C and as the clothes are continually turned over, as described, itis evident thatit takes buta short ,time to thoroughly wash the clothes. When the clothes have been washed ,they can be con veniently removed through the opening D onrst removing the cover E, and the unclean water, soapsuds, or the like can be run out of the box through the outlet F.

By having the box constructed as described the-water and clothes moving in the box forward and backward greatly assist the springs for working the box, so as to require but little physical exertion on the part of the operator to operate the machine.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A washing-machine provided with an elongated six-sided box for containing the clothes, tru unions at the front and rear of the box at or near the middle thereof for the box tol oscillate on, circular ribs on the adjacent lower sides of the said box, and an apertured board projecting from one side of the box above one of the ribs and approximately parallel therewith, as set forth.

2. A Washing-machine provided with an elongated six-sided box for containing the clothes, trunnions at the front and rear of the box at or near the middle thereof for the box to oscillate on, circular ribs on the adjacent lower sides of the said box, cross-bars in the said circular ribs, and an apertured board projecting from one side of the box above one of the ribs and approximately parallel therewith, as set forth.

3. A washing-machine provided with an elongated six-sided box for containing the clothes, trunnions at the front and rear of the box at or near the middle thereof for the box to oscillate on, circular ribs on the adjacent lower sides of the box, and inverted-V-shaped cross-bars in the circular ribs having openings for the passage of the water, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SANFORD HAYES.

Vitnesses:

C. R. Hovnv, Roer. H. HovnY. 

